seamstress

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• traditional: /ˈsɛm(p).stɹɪs/
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• common: /ˈsiːm(p).stɹɪs/
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Etymology tree English seamster Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English seamstress From seamster + -ess.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَيَّاطَة (ḵayyāṭa) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Azerbaijani: tikişçi — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Belarusian: шва́чка (šváčka) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Bulgarian: шива́чка (šiváčka) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Catalan: cosidora — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Catalan: costurera — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Chinese Mandarin: 女裁縫 /女裁缝 (nǚcáifeng) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Czech: švadlena — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Czech: šička — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Danish: syerske — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Dutch: naaister — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Esperanto: kudristino — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Estonian: õmbleja — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Finnish: ompelijatar — woman who sews clothes professionally
• French: couturière — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Georgian: მკერავი (mḳeravi) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Georgian: თერძი (terʒi) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• German: Näherin — woman who sews clothes professionally
• German: Weißnäherin — woman who sews clothes professionally
• German: Weissnäherin — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Hebrew: תּוֹפֶרֶת (toféret) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Hungarian: varrónő — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Irish: bean fuála — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Irish: maintín — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Italian: sarta — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Italian: cucitrice — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Japanese: 針子 (hariko) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Japanese: 裁縫師 (saihōshi) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Korean: 침모 (chimmo) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Korean: 재봉사 (jaebongsa) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Macedonian: шивачка (šivačka) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Māori: kaitui — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Middle English: semestere — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Norwegian Bokmål: syerske — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Norwegian Bokmål: sydame — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Norwegian Nynorsk: syerske — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sydame — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Old English: sēamestre — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Polish: szwaczka — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Portuguese: costureira — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Romanian: croitoreasă — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Romanian: cusătoreasă — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Romanian: cuturieră — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Russian: швея́ (švejá) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Russian: белошве́йка (belošvéjka) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Sardinian: cusidòra — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: шва̏ља — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: кроја̀чица — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: švȁlja — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: krojàčica — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Slovak: šička — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Slovene: šivilja — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Spanish: costurera — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Swedish: sömmerska — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Ukrainian: шва́чка (šváčka) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Ukrainian: шва́ля (šválja) — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Uzbek: tikuvchi — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Volapük: nägan — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Volapük: hinägan — woman who sews clothes professionally
• Volapük: jinägan — woman who sews clothes professionally